Mowing-machine attachment



R. W. WALLACE.

MOWING MACHINE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED NOV, 25, 1919. 1,337,863.Patented p 20, 1920.

RIIWaZZace INVENTOR Ai-roRNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT W. WALLACE, OF MONTESANO, WASHINGTON.

MOWING-MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

Application filed November 25, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT W. WALLACE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Montesano, in the county ofGrays Harbor and State of Washington, have invented a new and usefulMowing-Machine Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for mowing machines, andparticularly to that class of attachments known as fender rods.

In mowing machines as usually constructed, when heavy grass is beingcut, it will collect in bunches, which when encountered by the machineon its next round about the field, very frequently clog the knives. Whenthis occurs, the farmer has to stop his team and pull the clogged grassout with his hands. This, of course, results in a loss of time and isvery annoying.

The object of the present invention is to provide a rod which will pressdown all the cut grass, hay or the like out of the way of the cutterbar, so that clogging will be impossible.

This object is attained by providing a rod secured loosely to the innershoe of the cutter bar and to the underside of the tongue of the mower.This rod is so shaped as to be out of the way of the horses heels, andat the same time cannot catch in cut hay, but instead, will press thesame down under the inner shoe or cutter bar as the machine goesforward.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding,however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformitywith the showing in the drawing, but may be changed and modified so longas such changes and modifications mark no material departure from thesalient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of so much of a known type of mower as isnecessary for an understanding of the inventiomwith the attachment inplace.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View of a portion of the inner shoe showing itsattachment with the rod which forms the present invention.

Fig. .3 s a sectional view of the CQIlIlec- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 340,481.

tion of the rod with the tongue of the machine.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the rod by itself in the position of Fig.1.

5 represents a tongue of a well known type of mowing machine, and 6 theinner shoe thereof. .A rod 7 is secured to this tongue and shoe, but notrigidly.

The rod 7 is bent upwardly, as indicated at 8, near one end thereof andis further given the bends designated at 9 and 10 intermediate its ends,the bend 9 being inwardly toward the tongue, and the bend 10 beingforwardly, the extreme outer end of the rod being connected to thetongue in advance of the connection of the draft devices thereto. Thesethree bends together provide for such a disposition of the rod as willcause it to incline upwardly from the inner shoe and toward the tongueand yet will not interfere with the whiflietree, will be out of the wayof the horses heels, and will press down all bunches of cut grass underthe shoe or cutter bar as the machine goes forward, so that cloggingwill not occur.

The connection of the rod to the inner .shoe, as illustrated in Fig. 2,is a loose one.

The shoe end of the rod is straight and has screw threads 11, and spacedtherefrom an annular shoulder 12. The shoe has the customary holetherein for the attachment of the usual short rod which is provided withall mowers. Such a hole is shown in the patent to Dain No. 921955. Thishole or bore provided on the point or toe of the inner shoe is takenadvantage of by running the bent end 8 of the rod therethrough, with theshoulder 12 on the forward side, and a nut 13 screwed down upon thescrew threads 11. When this has been done, there will be a loo-seness orplay between the base of the nut, the shoe, and the shoulder, so thatthe shoe may turn relatively to the rod when it is elevated as indriving the machine along a road or the like. This looseness or playwill also permit of the cutter bar being turned to out high or low inthe fields.

The forward end of the rod is slidably secured to the underside of thetongue by means of a clip 14, fastened in any desirable way to thetongue. The rod can slide freely between the clip and the underside ofthe tongue. This construction is necessary because when rough ground isencountered there will be con iderable vibration of the tongue and alsoof the cutter bar,.and the rod would be bent out of shape in a shorttime unless loosely held to the tongue.

As the machine advances through the field, the heavy bunches of cut hayare moved out of the way of the inner shoe instead of being caughtthereby and forced into the cutter bar in a wad. The rod. when shaped asdescribed, in no way inter feres with the whifiietree and is entirelyout of the way of the draft animals. Its loose connection at each end ofespecial importance because it permits the operation of the machinewithout any interference what ever therewith and yet will positively prevent clogging of the knives, as has been described.

What is claimed is 1. In a mowing machine having a cutter bar providedwith an inner shoe, the combination therewith, of a rod secured looselyat one end directly. to said inner shoe and slidably secured near itsouter end to the tongue of the machine, said rod being bent from itsconnection with the shoe first upwardly, then inwardly toward the tongueand then forwardly beyond the connection of. the draft devices to thetongue, whereby .the rod is at all times clear of the heels of the draftanimal.

2. In a mowing machine having a cutter bar provided with an inner shoe,the combination therewith, of a rod, having one end straight and passedthrough a hole in the shoe, means for securing said rod therein so as toallow relative movement of said rod and shoe, said rod being bent, inadvance of its connection with the shoe, in an upward. direction, thenbent laterally toward the tongue, and then forwardly to a point inadvance of the connection of the draft devices to the tongue whereby therod is at all times clear of the heels of the draft animal, and meansfor loosely connecting the forward end of the rod to the underside ofthe tongue.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto alfixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT W. WALLACE.

Witnesses:

A. O. MONEILL, THos. OSWALD.

